Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun blindworm
2 senses of blindworm
Sense 1
blindworm, slowworm, Anguis fragilis -- (small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind)
=> anguid lizard -- (any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas; all are harmless and useful as destroyers of e.g. slugs and insects)
Sense 2
caecilian, blindworm -- (any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions)
=> amphibian -- (cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form)